It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
TONI MORRISONThere is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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